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On Wednesday, September 18th - as part of the Hudson Estuary Watershed Resiliency Project's Seminar Series - Jason Winner, Conservation GIS Manager for Scenic Hudson presented on the new Sea Level Rise Mapper. The mapper is a tool for communities and stakeholders to use to create visualizations of future scenarios of sea level rise. With these maps and information, Scenic Hudson is supporting communities' efforts to develop adaptation plans by helping them to: - create maps of the extent and impacts of inundation and flood zone expansion - understand the locations of key built and natural resources - create graphics that illustrate different sea level rise scenarios in specific communities or stretches of the river - estimate the risks to infrastructure and natural resources and the likelihoods of different inundation events - develop alternative adaptation scenarios and weigh their cost and benefits with respect to built infrastructure and natural resources ** The Sea Level Rise Mapper can be found on Scenic Hudson's website at: http://www.scenichudson.org/slr/mapper For more information, contact Jason Winner at Scenic Hudson at (845) 473-4440 ext 223, or [email protected]
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Case Studies
A Roadmap for Sea Level Rise
Case Study – Revitalizing Hudson Riverfronts
Where conditions allow:a) Promote riverfront greenway
corridorb) Preserve and restore
floodplainsc) Locate critical infrastructure
above the 500-year floodplain
d) Update policies for resiliencee) Promote green development
A Roadmap for Sea Level Rise
Case Study – Kingston Sea Level Rise Task Force
Successful Strategies:a) Political supportb) Engage stakeholdersc) Develop climate
adaptation plansd) Plan for future conditionse) Update policies for
resiliencef) Leverage external drivers
A Roadmap for Sea Level Rise
Conclusion
A Roadmap for Sea Level Rise
Planning for Sea Level Rise will Prepare Communities for Balanced Adaptation and Resilience
•Land Conservation Strategies•Sea Level Affecting Marshes Model (SLAMM)•Storm event modeling•Engage with Stakeholders•Share data •New Features on Website
Next Steps?
A Roadmap for Sea Level Rise
Next Steps - SLAMM
A Roadmap for Sea Level Rise
Next Steps – Community Outreach
A Roadmap for Sea Level Rise
A GIS Roadmap for Sea Level Rise
FundersSarah K. de Coizart Article TENTH Perpetual Charitable TrustWhitney FoundationWildlife Conservation SocietySean EldridgeCollaboration, Partnership, and TrainingHudson River Estuary Program – Project PartnerHudson River National Estuarine Research ReserveThe Nature Conservancy – Eastern New York & Long IslandCary Institute for Ecosystem StudiesNYS Department of Environmental ConservationNOAA Coastal Services CenterStony Brook University
Acknowledgements and Collaboration
NOAA Coastal Services Centerhttp://csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/tools/list The Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) Tools Networkhttp://www.ebmtools.org/about_ebm_tools.html
Sea Level Rise Mapper: “www.scenichudson.org/slr”LiDAR: “gis.ny.gov/elevation”Census block data: “factfinder2.census.gov”Advisory BFE’s: “www.region2coastal.com”NYSDEC Climate Smart Communities: “http://www.dec.ny.gov/energy/50845.html”
Tools and Websites of Interest
A Roadmap for Sea Level Rise
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